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The wanton Jesuit and the wayward saint : a tale of sex, religion, and politics in eighteenth-century France /

"Investigates the scandalous 1731 trial in which a young woman in the south of France accused her Jesuit confessor of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Examines this trial in the context of growing public disenchantment with the church and the monarchy"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Choudhury, Mita, 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Girard, Jean-Baptiste, > 1680-1733 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Cadière, Marie-Catherine, > 1709- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Seduction) > France > Aix-en-Provence > History > 18th century.
Jesuits > France > History > 18th century.
Sexual misconduct by clergy > France > History > 18th century.
Jansenists > France > History > 18th century.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Cadière, Marie-Catherine, > 1709-
Girard, Jean-Baptiste, > 1680-1733.
Jesuits.
Jansenists.
Sexual misconduct by clergy.
Trials (Seduction)
France.
France > Aix-en-Provence.
1700 - 1799

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